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Here are a few things to know about the day’s nonvirus news from The Associated Press

Germany’s farmers, foresters, and firefighters are eagerly awaiting widespread rain forecast for this week, as a warm and dry spring has raised fears of a third summer drought in as many years

The Los Angeles Lakers have repaid a loan of roughly $4.6 million from a coronavirus relief program after learning the program’s funds had been depleted

Palatine Township board members are considering a policy for official government posts on social media and elsewhere online that could require a committee to review content perceived as opinion.

A land swap that paves the way for Mundelein to build a public park on the site of an abandoned guitar factory was approved by the village board Monday.

The check’s not even in the mail as independent contractors, gig workers wait for state to move ahead on federal aid.

Nursing home workers have authorized a May 8 strike date at 40 facilities in Chicago and the suburbs, putting pressure on operators to resolve a contract dispute amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus deaths tied to Illinois long-term care facilities more than doubled to 625 in the week since the state first revealed the list of nursing homes reporting outbreaks.

What happens to GM Stan Bowman? Is Eddie Olczyk a possibility for the front office? Many questions linger after Rocky Wirtz fired John McDonough in a stunner Monday.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker lambasted a court ruling handed down Monday that throws into doubt the governor’s ability to extend the state’s stay-at-home order beginning Friday.